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Updated NUnit Templates for ASP.Net MVC 1.0 RTM

April 28, 2009 Apr 28, 2009 04/28/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
ASP.Net MVC 1.0 RTM has been out for a while and I noticed that people are still downloading an NUnit sample project I created for ASP.Net MVC Preview 3. Since then an AccountController class and a corresponding set of unit tests have been added to the MVC Application project. I created an updated set of NUnit templates with tests for the Home...

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 now Live!

March 18, 2009 Mar 18, 2009 03/18/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 is now Live.  You can download it right now here.  Also check out Phil Haack’s post on the release.  If you are new to MVC, please check out our previous posts for more information and links to many useful blogs and resources.  Alternatively, check out the official site for tutorials, videos, and more....

ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2

March 4, 2009 Mar 4, 2009 03/4/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
ASP.NET MVC Release Candidate 2 is live! Check out Phil Haack’s blog, Haacked.com, for information on the new installer and some other general release info. The release is mostly focused on responding to customer feedback but there are some minor tooling improvements and bug fixes that are worth calling out. Tooling Improvements And ...

Hotfix Available for ASP.NET MVC Crashes With Azure/Power Commands/Resharper

March 3, 2009 Mar 3, 2009 03/3/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
If you have been experiencing Visual Studio crashes when opening view pages in design view or having trouble installing ASP.NET MVC due to problems with third party add-ins such as Power Commands, please try out the just released CLR hotfix here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=16827&...

Web Packaging: Creating web packages using MSBuild

February 24, 2009 Feb 24, 2009 02/24/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
This post is next in the series of VS 2010 articles that we have been putting together to dive into the Web Deployment improvements with VS 2010 and IIS.  I would recommend reading the the preceding posts to get an overview of all the scenarios supported: In this post I will cover web package creation using MSBuild command line.&...

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate now available in Web Platform Installer

January 30, 2009 Jan 30, 2009 01/30/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
ASP.NET MVC 1.0 RC can now be installed with Web Platform Installer: http://www.microsoft.com/web/channel/products/WebPlatformInstaller.aspx Here is a quick description of Web Platform Installer from the Web Platform Installer website: “The Web Platform Installer (Web PI) is a simple tool that installs Microsoft's entire Web Platform, ...

What’s New For MVC Tools in the ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate

January 26, 2009 Jan 26, 2009 01/26/09
Web Development Tools Microsoft
The ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate (RC) is finally out, and we wanted to give returning MVC users as well as new MVC users an overview of what the tooling in Visual Studio provides. The MVC 1.0 RC can be downloaded right now here (Release Notes).  Please note that this release will work with both Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Web ...

JScript IntelliSense FAQ

November 18, 2008 Nov 18, 2008 11/18/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
I've been reading through the 70 or so comments on our last 2 jQuery posts.  There have been a lot of great questions.  Apologies for not being able to answer them sooner (I was busy preparing for Dev Connections).  Instead of answering them inline with the comments, I'll try to paraphrase the popular issues here and answer them...

ASP.NET MVC Beta Released!

October 17, 2008 Oct 17, 2008 10/17/08
Web Development Tools Microsoft
Today we released ASP.NET MVC Beta, available here on the Microsoft Download Center.  The release is installable to Visual Studio 2008 (either RTM or SP1) or Visual Web Developer Express (SP1 only), and includes a "Go Live" grant in the license.  Scott Guthrie has written an excellent blog post covering the complete details...